Name: Bikini Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 7.5 ml Peach schnapps; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Chilled water

Bikini Martini
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Bols Blue Curaçao
¹⁄₄ oz	Peach schnapps liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

A vivid blue combination of lemon, orange and peach laced with gin.

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History:

Adapted from a cocktail created in 1999 by Dick Bradsell for an Agent Provocateur swimwear launch.

Invented by designer Louis Réard in July 1946, the bikini swimsuit was named after Bikini Atoll, where the first public test of a nuclear bomb took place four days earlier. At the time, exposing the wearer's navel and buttocks was considered so shocking that no model would wear it, so Réard hired Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris to model the two-piece swimsuit.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bikini Martini contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.17% alc./vol. (21.17° proof)
22.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Gigi Martini

11th June at 23:00

Amateur bartender newbie! I was too scared to try a sapphire martini and decided to try this first. Of course, I ran out of lemons and begrudgingly used a homemade sour mix I already had and it still came out wonderful. I love that someone married gin and peach. Can’t wait to try with actual lemons!

Simon Difford

12th June at 12:04

Welcome to our community, Gigi.

Max Pokrashenko

10th September 2023 at 13:40

I try nordes and peach tree from de kuyper, its wonderfull flavour. 5++++ to aroma

John Hinojos

6th July 2023 at 00:22

Made this again but changed the lemon juice to 1/3 oz. The first time we used Giffard Blue Curacao, this time we used The Original Blue Curacao which has a different Curacao flavour due to the use of oranges grown on Curacao. Second version was somewhat dryer.

Sally Morgan

21st October 2022 at 19:01

I mean it’s really blue isn’t it? If 80s retro isn’t your thing then it eould taste equally as yummy with ordinary curacao but I’m happy to embrace the retro

Scott Noonan

6th August 2022 at 07:23

An interesting drink where I think peoples opinions on it will likely be based upon what ingredients they use. A drink that's very shaped by the gin and the peach schnapps used. I recommend experimenting and finding your right combo, it can be top tier.

Calvin Grant

5th July 2022 at 03:19

This was quite good made with Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao.

Tej Patel

19th March 2022 at 07:53

Was ok to be honest, maybe needs to be more peach forward. Not sure

John Hinojos

5th July 2021 at 23:32

Really like the drink. It is very subtle, with the faint taste of lemon and orange. Easy to drink, and wonderful colour.

John Hinojos

5th July 2021 at 23:42

As the drink sits you get a very nice aftertaste of peach.

Hilary Adams

26th April 2021 at 22:42

I subbed lemon vodka (specifically Deep Eddy) for the gin and lemon juice and it turned out pretty okay. I think this combo probably isn't for me (I found the lemon/orange/peach combo confusing on the palate) but it certainly is a striking drink, appearance-wise.

Beverly Stanton

15th August 2020 at 23:30

not as good as it sounds.. not bad but would not make again

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